diff --git a/sorc/timetwin.fd/timetwin.f b/sorc/timetwin.fd/timetwin.f
index ff9c85d..b939eab 100644
--- a/sorc/timetwin.fd/timetwin.f
+++ b/sorc/timetwin.fd/timetwin.f
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ SUBROUTINE INDEX41 (N,ARRIN,INDX)
 C                                                                       
        INTEGER INDX(*)                                                  
        CHARACTER*41 ARRIN(*),Q                                           
-                                                                        
+                 
        DO 10 J = 1,N                                                    
            INDX(J) = J                                                  
 10     CONTINUE                                                         
diff --git a/ush/prepobs_makeprepbufr.sh b/ush/prepobs_makeprepbufr.sh
index 18c42f2..9443252 100755
--- a/ush/prepobs_makeprepbufr.sh
+++ b/ush/prepobs_makeprepbufr.sh
@@ -2217,7 +2217,7 @@ set -x
             [ $err != 0 ] && exit 55  # for extra measure
          fi
       elif [ $BACK = 'YES' ] ; then
-         echo 'BACK=YES'
+         echo 'BACK=YES' # IG Feb2024: doesn't come here
          launcher_PREP=${launcher_PREP:-mpiexec}
 	 NPROCS=${NPROCS:-6}
          if [ "$launcher_PREP" = mpiexec ]; then